today at one: a bbc investigation has found health inspectors almost shut down an entire maternity unit over safety fears. the william harvey hospital in kent is run by one of england's biggest nhs trusts. but inspectors found significant problems over hygiene and staffing. it's quite clear from this report that, that external help and scrutiny, even with all of that, there are still really, really serious problems. and these are problems that have been known about for such a long time. we'll have the very latest. also on the programme... two people are dead and 15 others injured after a russian missile strike on a medical clinic in eastern ukraine.

the ever rising cost of mortgages. the uk's biggest building society, raises it's rates again. and, british cycling intends to permanently ban transgender women, from elite female competition. and coming up on bbc news, brentford striker ivan toney was given a reduced ban from football. a psychiatric expert diagnosed him with a gambling addiction after he broke fa betting rules. good afternoon. bbc news has learned that health inspectors considered the highly unusual step of closing a maternity unit, over safety concerns. it happened at one of england's biggest hospital trusts, where maternity services were rated inadequate. inspectors from the care quality commission found significant problems over hygiene and staffing at the william harvey

hospital in kent. our social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, has this special report. there have been maternity problems at the east kent hospitals trust for almost a decade. today's report shows care is getting worse. following an unannounced inspection injanuary to the william harvey hospital in ashford, the care quality commission found multiple examples of inadequate practices. staff didn't always wash their hands or wear gloves or aprons between different patients. life—saving equipment wasn't what it should be or regularly cleaned and checked. there weren't enough staff, either doctors or midwives. those that were there didn't have the right skills or experience to treat patients. we've learned that inspectors were so concerned about the quality of care that they wrote to nhs england, asking them to draw up contingency plans in case they had to close inpatient maternity facilities.

a highly unusual move and an insight into the gravity of their concerns. helen lost her daughter harriet in 2014 due to poor care at the trust. she's exasperated by today's findings. i feel incredulous that things have got so much worse. we've been told now for years that there was so much effort going into making things better, that it was ok, it was safe enough, things were improving, they were on a journey and it's clear that that was not true. good morning. last october, an independent review into maternity care at the trust found that at least 45 babies over an 11 year period could have survived with better care. it should have been a watershed moment, but today's findings indicate care has worsened and inspectors are closely monitoring east kent. it does mean enhanced scrutiny and enhanced oversight. so we're monitoring their compliance with conditions, we're monitoring information that we receive

of concern continuously. the east kent trust said it had acted at once to response to the cqc safety concerns, including hiring more staff and introducing a new cleaning regime. michael, i suspect the concern and, frankly, the bewilderment of viewers, will be that this has been going on for such a long time? absolutely. if we take a step back from these considerations, we heard a lot of stuff about nhs pressures and stuff like that. but what are the inspectors found were basic failures, too often basic failures of inadequate care. staff not washing their hands in between treating different women, not wearing aprons, providing care without gloves, resuscitation equipment, life—saving equipment, not being on the right place to ensure it could be used in a timely manner. that's an issue the trust has known about for years. take a step back from this decision that they almost made to close the unit at the william harvey earlier on

this year, this is something the trust's own head of midwifery called for in 2014. she said it is simply unsafe. at the time, it didn't happen. we know in subsequent years there were lots of incidents of poor maternity care. so the question a lot of people are asking is how do we know it will be different this time? it's a question of waiting for a response from nhs england. the trust themselves have acknowledged that they have a lot of work to do. they say they are determined to improve. but for a lot of women in east kent at the moment who are concerned about this, their chief reason to listen to this is simply to ensure that care improves rapidly and they have a safe outcome to their pregnancy. and they have a safe outcome to their pregnancy-— and they have a safe outcome to their pregnancy. michael, thank you. michael buchanan. _ the authorities in ukraine say two people have been killed in a russian missile strike on a medical clinic in the east of the country. 15 others were injured in the attack, in the city of dnipro. president zelensky says it proves the kremlin�*s status as fighters against everything humane and honest.

0ur correspondent abdujalil abdurasulov joins us live from kyiv. abdujalil, brings up to date were to happen. the abdujalil, brings up to date were to hauen. ., , abdujalil, brings up to date were to hauen. ., ., , happen. the attack took place early in the morning. _ happen. the attack took place early in the morning. two _ happen. the attack took place early in the morning. two buildings - happen. the attack took place early in the morning. two buildings were| in the morning. two buildings were severely damaged after what appears to have been a direct hit. then they caught fire. the local authorities are saying at least 25 people were injured and two people were dead, following the attack. so, the video and social media has been put out, showing the scene, where people were carried out. we saw a woman covered with blood. she could barely walk. 0ther with blood. she could barely walk. other people couldn't even walk. they had to be carried out, out of the burning building. these were very dramatic scenes. this clinic,

we assume it was operational because there were people inside, probably getting some treatment. it is a state treatment where people are referred to it on a regular basis. the number of injured people may even go higher. we the number of in'ured people may go higher.— even go higher. we have 'ust been seeinu even go higher. we have 'ust been seeing some i even go higher. we have 'ust been seeing some oft even go higher. we have 'ust been seeing some of those _ even go higher. we have just been seeing some of those pictures, - seeing some of those pictures, abdujalil. but this wasn't the only attack today. abdujalil. but this wasn't the only attack today-— abdujalil. but this wasn't the only attack today. no, there was an air strike that — attack today. no, there was an air strike that took _ attack today. no, there was an air strike that took place _ attack today. no, there was an air strike that took place overnight, l strike that took place overnight, the drone also targeted a number of areas in ukraine, particularly in eastern ukraine as well, regions in the east like kharkiv region was also hit. but what was interesting is that the russians tried to target front line areas in eastern ukraine using s300 and s400 missiles. they are really difficult to intercept. so places near the front line were hit by these missiles. we so places near the front line were hit by these missiles.— so places near the front line were

hit by these missiles. we will leave it there. abdujalil _ hit by these missiles. we will leave it there. abdujalil abdurasulov, - it there. abdujalil abdurasulov, thanks forjoining us, abdujalil. mortgage costs are rising, after higher than expected inflation figures this week. the big question now is how much interest rates might go. there are expectations the bank of england will lift them higher than previously thought, in an effort to slow the rate of inflation. our business correspondent, marc ashdown, is here. nationwide is britain's biggest building society and a major mortgage lender. from today, its rates are going up for new borrowers and those looking to re—mortgage. things are going to get more expensive. they are not the only ones. other big lenders, like halifax, lloyds and santander, have also put their rates up. the average deal for a two—year fixed rate mortgage is now 5.35%. for a longerfive—year deal, it's 5.02%. analysts say the market has settled down since the mini budget last autumn. with the likes of nationwide, who are a huge prominent brand

increasing fixed rates, it may well cause an impact for other lenders to reconsider their own pricing. however, in positive news there are many more deals on the market for borrowers compared to around the fiscal announcement, when there was around half the amount of live deals on the market. the main driving factor here is the inflation rate. that's how fast prices are rising. it's come down this month to 8.7%. but it's still higher than hoped. the bank of england uses its base rate to try and tackle inflation. that is currently at 4.5%. analysts now think the bank might put the rate up to 5.5% by the end of the year. but for millions of people, costs are already much higher than a year ago. last may, a £200,000 mortgage over 25 years at 1.5% would have cost around £800. the same mortgage today, at 5%, would cost nearly £1,200 a month. that's around £400 a month more.

mark, thank you. marc ashdown there. 11 people have been arrested in northern ireland over the attempted murder of the police detective, john caldwell. on wednesday he met privately with the king and queen, on their visit to hillsborough castle. it was his first appearance in public since being shot at a sports complex in 0magh, in late february. this morning police gave an update on their investigation. 11 people, nine men and two women, aged between 21 and 72 years old, were arrested under the terrorism act in 0magh and coalisland. they have been taken to the serious crime site suite in musgrave police station, where they are currently being questioned by detectives. the arrests are a significant development in the investigation. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast.

the police are saying this is a significant breakthrough in their inquiries? significant breakthrough in their inuuiries? ., �* , inquiries? that's right, clive. significant — inquiries? that's right, clive. significant on _ inquiries? that's right, clive. significant on sizeable - inquiries? that's right, clive. significant on sizeable is - inquiries? that's right, clive. significant on sizeable is how inquiries? that's right, clive. - significant on sizeable is how the police are describing the operation they carried out in county tyrone this morning. 11 people were arrested, nine men and two women, aged, as you heard, between 21 and 72. seven of them have been arrested over the course of the investigation, which has been going on for 13 weeks. the police have released new video footage in an effort to generate new information. the footage and photographs focuses on three cars that they believe were involved in the attack, two ford fiestas and a mercedes—benz c class, those cars are seen driving together towards 0magh in the hours before the shooting. this is one of the biggest investigations the police service of northern ireland has carried out in recent times. police are looking at, we are told, more

than 400,000 hours of cctv footage from cameras across northern ireland. detective inspectorjohn ireland. detective inspector john caldwell was ireland. detective inspectorjohn caldwell was shot while loading footballs into his car, after he finished a coaching session for teenage footballers. the attack has been claimed by the dissident republican organisation known as the new ira, thought to be the largest and most active of the paramilitary groups that are opposed to the peace process year. we were told a little more by detective superintendent eamon corrigan at the news conference a short time ago about howjohn caldwell himself is doing. detective superintendent corrigan said he and his colleagues were delighted that mr coldwell was able to attend that garden party, hosted by the king and queen earlier this week, a sign that he is recovering, though he does have a life changing injuries, and he said his colleagues were especially relieved to see him out and about again, given that on the night of the attack, they were really braced for the worst news

possible, knowing that he had been shot at close range. british cycling is to ban transgender women from the female category of its competitions, following a nine—month review and consultation. under the new rules, trans athletes will compete in an open category with men. the changes will prevent emily bridges, the country's highest—profile transgender cyclist, potentially being part of the british women's team. bridges has accused british cycling of engaging in culture wars and called the change a violent act by a failed organisation. 0ur sports editor, dan roan, has the story. it's known as the country's most successful olympic sport. but for the past year, british cycling has faced a dilemma over its policy towards the participation of transgender women riders. and today, following a review, it announced they would be banned from the female category across its competitive events, and instead compete alongside men

in a new open category. the man in charge of the sport told me why there was a need for change. we will define the female category as the athletes who are female by sex at birth. and the open category is available to all other riders. the overriding principal of the competitive policy is around fairness. that has been put together on the basis of the consultation and also the medical research we have available. the news dashes emily bridges�* dream of being part of the british women's team at the olympic. one of sport's highest profile trans women athletes, last year having reduced her testosterone level to meet the rules, she was barred from competing in her first elite women's event by cycling's world federation, amid the threat of a boycott by some rivals. british cycling now says while medical research is limited, it does indicate that even with testosterone suppression, transgender women who transition post—puberty retain a performance advantage. she and others will say this is discriminatory.

it's really important for us to ensure that all athletes remain welcome, but all athletes have clarity about their ability to compete. i have an enormous amount of sympathy with both emily and any other rider impacted and affected by this. in a lengthy statement, bridges said british cycling is a failed organisation. you don't care about making sport more diverse, this is a violent act. i agree that there needs to be a nuanced policy discussion and continue to conduct research. but this hasn't happened. i don't even know if i want to race my bike any more. transgender riders will face no restrictions on recreational and community cycling, but it's the changes in competitive events that will be debated. keep sport single sex! trans sport participation has become one of the thorniest issues facing sports, as they search for a way to balance inclusion with safety and fairness. but amid mounting controversy, british cycling has becomejust the latest to ban transgender women from female events.

swimming, athletics, rugby and triathlon all adopting similar approaches over the past year. cycling's focus is currently on the giro d'italia, welshman geraint thomas leading the way. but the race continues as british cycling heads in a new direction. dan roan, bbc news. the actor, hugh grant, has been given permission to sue the publisher of the sun newspaper, for using unlawful means to gather information on him. a judge dismissed an attempt by news group newspapers to block his legal action, because he didn't bring it within six years. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds, is outside the high court for us now. was this decision a surprise? well, clive, there is a lot of these cases flying around the courts at the moment. all thesejudgments are hard to predict but as you say hugh grant is bringing this case which alleges that his flat on his car were bugged and burgled, that his

phone was tapped and that his mobile phone was tapped and that his mobile phone voice mail messages were illegally accessed and as you said theissueis illegally accessed and as you said the issue is the time limit of six years in these sorts of cases that you have to bring a case to court. hugh grant says the company denied any of this for a long time had gone on and therefore he wasn't aware of what evidence there might be and the judge had to decide and this morning thejudge has decided judge had to decide and this morning the judge has decided that he can have a trial to examine whether his phone was tapped and his car was booked or burgled, but because he saw evidence about that quite recently within the last two years but he can't have a trial about allegations of phone hacking, that's accessing voice mail messages illegally because those allegations go back a lot further, you will remember there were trials of journalists on another used paper in 2013 and 2014 and therefore that bit of his case will not go to court. now, both sides, both hugh grant's side and the newspaper publisher have claimed victory for the bit of the case that they have won. {line

the case that they have won. one wonders though _ the case that they have won. one wonders though how this could affect prince harry's court case. weill. prince harry's court case. well, prince harry's court case. well, prince harry — prince harry's court case. well, prince harry is _ prince harry's court case. well, prince harry is the _ prince harry's court case. well, prince harry is the other - prince harry's court case. well, l prince harry is the other claimant in this case. there are lots of other cases involving prince harry, but in this case he is making a similar argument, so he couldn't have bought a case to court within six years because the evidence wasn't known about, it was only disclosed quite recently in 2021. in his case there will be a further legal argument injuly at this court for thejudge to make legal argument injuly at this court for the judge to make any more progress so we'll have to wait. any trials are likely to be next year but i think it's fair to say that this is a prolonged legal battle, an assault on these newspapers from various people and the stakes remain pretty high for the publishers of tabloid newspapers. clive. indeed, thank you. — tabloid newspapers. clive. indeed, thank you. tom — tabloid newspapers. clive. indeed, thank you, tom simon _ tabloid newspapers. clive. indeed, thank you, tom simon is _ tabloid newspapers. clive. indeed, thank you, tom simon is at - tabloid newspapers. clive. indeed, thank you, tom simon is at the - tabloid newspapers. clive. indeed, i thank you, tom simon is at the high court. it's 1:18pm. our top story this afternoon...

a bbc investigation has found health inspectors almost shut down an entire maternity unit in kent over hygiene and staffing figures. and still to come — we'll have advice on how to stay safe in the surf this hot bank holiday weekend. coming up on bbc news: champions league football will return to old trafford next season as marcus rashford helps manchester united secure a top four finish with a win over chelsea. manager erik ten hag says they're back where they belong. the family of an 85—year—old british national has told a bbc news arabic investigation, that his disabled wife died of starvation in sudan, after the british embassy left the couple to fend for themselves during the recent fighting. despite repeated calls for assistance, the couple were offered no help in leaving their home, which is just yards from the embassy in the capital, khartoum. the foreign office says it was too dangerous to provide on—the—ground support. nawal al—maghafi has that story.

a race against time. as fighting in sudan intensified, thousands of dual nationals were desperate to escape. amongst them, azhaar�*s grandparents, abdalla sholgami, a british citizen and a london hotel owner, and his wife, alaweya rishwan. they were next to the military hq. they were in the centre of khartoum. that area you can't leave, you can't enter. there are snipers everywhere in the area. they were trapped here in their home opposite to the british embassy and thousands of miles away azhaar and her family were desperate to save her grandparents. we contacted the british ambassador, giles lever, and we contacted fcdo. we contacted the turkish embassy when the british embassy was not reciprocative, had no interest. unable to get help from the british embassy, they were running out of supplies.

her grandfather left her disabled grandmother to try and find help. five minutes into his journey he got shot, three bullets, his hand, chest, lower back, then we lost touch because no electricity and then we didn't have a way to call them. her grandfather was now in search of medical care, but hospitals and doctors were being targeted. at the start of the conflict there were 88 hospitals operating around khartoum. by the 20th of may more than 60 had closed their doors. the city was running dangerously low on medical supplies, food and water. azhaar didn't hear from her grandparents for five days and then she received this call from the turkish embassy. i'm sorry to tell you this.

we went inside and your grandmother passed away. i'm so sorry, that's so heartbreaking. it breaks my heart to think she died alone and she died because she was alone and she is still alone to this very moment. we reached out to the foreign office and this was their response. her grandfather made his own way back to the uk. three weeks on they are desperate to bury their grandmother, her remains still in the house. a family desperate for some peace after a painful ordeal. nawal al—maghafi, bbc news. a boy is in a critical condition after being hit by a police car responding to a 999 call. it happened in lancaster yesterday evening. 0ur reporter rowan bridge is at the scene. just take us through what happened.

welcome as you can probably see behind me, clive, the road where the incident happened is now reopened to traffic and this morning we saw engineers using angle grinders to remove a set of traffic lights which had clearly been struck as part of the incidentjust before 8:30pm yesterday evening. images shared with the bbc taken by a bystander soon after the crash appeared to show the police car involved in the incident with damage to it front driver's side, the airbags in the vehicle had gone off. 0ur vehicle had gone off. our understanding as it had its sirens and flashing lights on at the time that the 11—year—old boy was crossing the road at the time of the collision. the 11—year—old boy hasn't been named. he was taken to lancaster royal infirmary yesterday evening in a critical condition and he remains in a critical condition this lunchtime. lancashire police themselves have referred the incident to the independent 0ffice incident to the independent office of police conduct, who have started their own investigation, and

lancashire constabulary have started an investigation into what happened here. they've appealed for anyone with cctv footage or dash cam footage to come forward and contact them and they say their thoughts are very much with the loved ones of the 11—year—old boy still in a critical condition this lunchtime. 11-year-old boy still in a critical condition this lunchtime. rowan brid . e in condition this lunchtime. rowan bridge in lancaster _ condition this lunchtime. rowan bridge in lancaster stop - police officers investigating the disappearance of madeleine mccann have completed their search of a reservoir in portugal. the three—day operation took place around 30 miles from where three—year—old madeleine disappeared in 2007. portuguese authorities say evidence recovered has been sent to germany for forensic analysis. recovered has been sent to germany forforensic analysis. the recovered has been sent to germany for forensic analysis. the late queen faced a potential assassination attempt in 1993. the file shows how concerned the fbi was following an assassination threat made to american police officer. he

said to have told police he wanted revenge after his daughter was killed by a rubber bullet in northern ireland. the authorities in south korea are investigating allegations a passengerforced open an emergency exit door on a plane as it was coming into land. the aircraft came down safely in the city of daegu. nine people on the flight were taken to hospital with breathing difficulties. the chief executive of sainsbury�*s, simon roberts, has strongly denied accusations of profiteering over high food prices, saying they've tried to absorb as much of the higher prices as they can. there are concerns that some companies are using inflation as an excuse to boost profits. he's been speaking to our business correspondent, emma simpson. the soaring cost of food — politicians are now trying to get to the bottom of it, households are feeling it. so what is going on in the supermarket aisles? the cost of energy, the cost of labour, the cost of producing our food is all having

an impact on rising food prices. but some of those costs are coming down. there's a mismatch going on. and that's the encouraging news — we're starting to see some of the costs come down, we all want to see them come down more quickly. and so seeing energy costs start to come down is really helpful. we're seeing some commodity costs, the same, and that's why we've seen products like milk, and butter, and bread start to come down, too. and we'd expect to see more of that over the weeks and months ahead as more of the costs of producing our food start to go up less quickly. of course, other costs, like labour — they've gone up forever. and those costs are now locked in to the price of producing and selling food. and that's what's happening. are you profiteering? absolutely not. 0ur margins last year were the lowest we've seen for a long time. we made less profit, year on year, and that's because we made really conscious decisions to keep our prices as low as we possibly could. we've tried to absorb as much

of the inflation as possible, so we're not passing it all on to our customers. honestly, it's quite disappointing to see that criticism because the whole industry is working as hard as possible — millions of colleagues across the food industry — to try to keep prices down. because we know that customers are really concerned about it. that's what we have to do. but it's fair to ask whether a retailer like sainsburys, that still made £926 million in underlying profit, could absorb a bit more of the financial pain to help shoppers in this crisis. 0ur number—one priority is to give the best value we possibly can to our customers. that's why we've been bringing prices in key areas of our offer down as much as we can. more and more shoppers are after the cheapest food. sainsbury�*s is now revamping its budget offer to make it easier to find. this is the first of the products that are out this week.

is this enough? we've always got to keep doing more. you bet — supermarkets are under increasing pressure now to pass on any savings as quickly as they can. emma simpson, bbc news. it's a bank holiday weekend and with the forecast for good weather, many of you could be heading to the coast. but would you know what to do, swimming in open water if you got into difficulty? here'sjohn maguire. i think i deserve a hug. the last time these two met, tina was fighting for her life and tarryn was intent on saving it. you all right? tina had gone for a swim off godrevy beach in west cornwall. at first the conditions seemed benign, but then she realised there was a strong current taking her out to sea and she couldn't get back to shore and to safety. i'm not a bad swimmer, but i'm not a triathlete, you know? but there was no way, i knew, i was going to get back in.

and i think at that point the realisation that i was going to have to start calling for help to get attention. she was in real trouble. but fighting panic, something in the back of her mind clicked — the phrase "float to live." she'd spotted it on an advertising screen near her workplace. so i kept getting attention and then i was doing the float to live, to kind of conserve some energy and then doing it again. and then when i saw the lifeguard, tarryn, when they were coming and i saw the yellow and i was like, "they're here," and just the relief. so, inside the rnli's training pool it's time for a refresher. 40% of drowning victims didn't intend to enter the water. so, we've fallen into the water accidentally. we have. what do we do? the most important thing is to try and stay calm and the best way of doing that is, remember, float to live. so first thing, if you tilt your head back and get your ears submerged, it might be a bit disorientating but that's

going to give you a body the best position in order to be able to float calmly. this year, following new research, the rnli is updating its advice. we all float differently, that's something that's come out of the research as well. so some people's legs will sink — mine do. other people's may float on the surface, a bit like a perfect starfish. so the main message is it doesn't matter how you float, as long as you do as little as possible, to keep yourself calm. so you might need to do some sculling with your arms. so bring your hands back and forth across, like we're doing now. maybe a bit of movement with your legs. but the key thing is not to panic, not to thrash around, not to try and swim really hard. more than 220 people drowned in the uk last year. so, with summer approaching, the water safety message remains vital. and tina knows "float to live" does exactly what it says on the poster. she is living proof. john maguire, bbc news, poll. my word and it's going to be pretty

warm this weekend i think.